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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

Jimmy O'Brien, who served for years in the
district clerks office, and for the last year or
two as county auditor, and who has now gone
into the real estate business, says he is very
much graufied that he is no longer the slave
of office. He feels q good deal as Cardinal
Wolsey did when he laid OF the robes OF office
and bid farewell 70 all his greatness, only he
is making more money than the cardinal did
when he resigned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

i DLEDGE NO. g. p. PA GENTS HUNTING
i case li-carat gold watch, stem-wnder and
setter, fine Howard movement, full jeweled, cut
expansion balance, patent pinion, Brquet hair
spring, patent regulator and adjusted to heat
cold and position, full-engraved heavy cases,
space for monogram, almost new; first cost $3.50,
price Slnl.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

After the first game of ball was played be-
tween the St. Paul and Minneapolis teams,
and won by the former, q Minneapolis man
said to the st. Paul manager that the Mime
apolis club was composed of gentlemen. to
which Mr.. Barnes replied that the st. Paul
Climb was composed of ball players. There
were plenty of gentlemen he could have
signed with st. Paul, hut he preferred ball
players.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

DLEDGE 5. p 2S-LADY'S HUNTING CASE
i solid gold watch. stem winder and setter Ell
gin jeweled movement, expansion balance and
patent pinion, engraved cases, in thorough order
and could not be told from new; first cost, Si3;
price, $25.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

Tor s37 YOU CAN BUY AN OPEN FACE.
l. filed case watch, stem-winder and setter, b.
w. Raymond Elgin movement. full jeweled, cut
expansion balance, patent pinion, Brquet hair
spring patent regulator and adjusted to heat
cold and positions; beautiful graved cases; war.
ranted to wear for twenty years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

Capt. Bean says that if he does not come
back to St. Paul from Washington with that
prize it will be the fault OF the umpire.
~
The board of trade of st. Paul is very
anxious to know how much money Cass
Gilbert made in the wild furry at Ashland.
1t is reported that he piled up the green
backs at a fearful rate
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

JohaE Straus is now very busily engaged
in composing his new Oporl. and those who
have been allowed to listen to some parts OF
it do not hesitate say taa' it is Il unusual
work of great attractiveuess and musical
variety. In order to convey in suitable
way his musical ideas he has had several new
Instruments made, and they produce wonder
ful effects. Johan says the opera will be
dandy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
Grand Army Sentiment.

The resolutions adopted by the National
Veterans Association, of Des Moines, Ia,
and presented to the President on Wednes-
day by Gen. Rosecrans show that men
like Fairchild and futile do not voice the
sentiments of all the ex-Union soldiers with
respect TO the President. The resolutions
repudiate the utterances of those members
of the Grand Army who werechiefiy instru-
mental in causing the President to with
draw his acceptance of the invitation to
visit St. Louis, and who used the flag Incl
dent to stir up sectional feeling They also
commend the President for his veto of the
dependent pension bill, and compliment
Gen. Blacks administration of the pen
sion office
In presenting the resolutions Gen Rose
Grams said that there was good reason for
saying that they expressed the sentiments of
much larger part of the Grand Army of
the Republic than the speeches of those who
lately tried to array that organization
against the Executive of the nation. Indi-
cations have been cropping out lately that
the effort to control the Grand Army in the
interest of the Republican party will not be
successful There is no doubt that the most
noisy members of the Grand Army are Re-
publican politicians, ard they have sue
ceeded in creating an impression that the
organization is hostile to the President. The
President, however, is not without friends,
and plenty of them among the Grand Army
men, and that fact will mako itself apparent
before the next national campaign is over
The veto of the dependent pension bill
was wise act, and it was so declared by a
majority of the leading newspapers of the
country. Several Grand Army posts passed
resolutions indorsing it. The fact that the
President has signed more pension bills than
any one of his predecessors is satisfactory
evidence that he has no objection to proper
pension legislation. He does object, how
ever, to pension legislation that is not
founded on justice and right, and he has the
courage to put the stamp Of his disapproval
upon it. His integrity and courage cannot
fail to win the admiration of right-thinking
men, whether they are members of the So
ciety of the Grand Army or not. Partisan
attacks may create false impressions with
regard to him in the minds of many, but it
is impossible to prevent the great majority
from getting correct understanding of his
true character
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
Higgins and the Mugwumps.

| Some of the Mugwump journals are de-
ternined that Treasury appointment
| Clerk Higgins shall not sink into obscurity.
They improve every opportunity to keep
| him before the public, and he appears to APP
| preciate the notoriety which they give him
| The position which he holds is a rather in
| significant one, and it is remarkable that
! they devote so much attention TO him. He
hasn't the power to make appointments and
it is extremely doubtful if be have any influ-
| ence whatever in disposing of the public
patronage All that he does is to keep
record of the vacancies, and of the applica-
| ton for places in his department Why
such an unimpOrtant official should be a
target for so many Mugwupp journals is
, one of the things that are past finding out.
II is alleged that he took an active part in
| the recent Democratic primaries in Balti
more, and that lie proved himself to be,
| while the primaries were in progress, loud
mouthed partisan and an aggressive OPP
ponent of civil service reform. It is also
alleged that the Civil Service Reform Asso-
citation of that city noted his conduct and
announced its purpose to prefer charges
against him 1t is worthy of notice that it
has not yet preferred charges, and the latest
report is that it has concluded not to do so.
Why it has changed its intention does not
appear. Perhaps it never had any ground
for making charges, and that all the stories
about Higgins having run the Baltimore
primaries in the interest of his political
, friends originated in the imaginations of not
vcry-veracious mugwump scribes.
The Baltimore Sun says Higgins only
offense is that he happened to be in Balti
more on the day that the primaries were
held, and that he shares tho views expressed
in the platform of his party in Maryland on
the civil service question. The Sun further
says that there has not been party contest
in that city for years that was so free from
outside interference as the recent one, and
that the defeated candidates have made no
serious complaints respecting the manner in
which the primaries were conducted, This
is pretty good evidence that Higgins did
nothing for which he could be called to &C
count, and it would be mistake, therefore,
to follow the advice of the Mugwump jour
mails and give him a chance to pose as a
martyr
Higgins is not a civil service reformer
and doesn't pretend to be- He said in an in
terview a few days ago. however, that the
President was only enforcing the law and
complying with the platform upon which
he was elected. He further said that while
he did not believe in civil service reform he
was doing what he could in his humble way
to enforce the civil service law There are
plenty of Republicans and some Democrats
doubtless holding more important positions
in the public service than Higgins who are
not civil service reformers. Why not at
tack them instead of Higgins Why should
this Baltimore ward politician, whose views
on civil service reform, or any other sub
ject, don't affect the administration q
feathers weight, be continually thrust into
prominence
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
THE KIMBALL ARCADE.
A Good Story Told There On q News
paper Travelling Man.
From the 4tIontn ,J0urnaL

From the Atlanta Journal.
Col Ed Galloway of the Kmball, tells a good
story on Mr. Gentry, the veteran newspaper
travelling man.
Some years ago Gentry, who was at that time
representing the SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS,
came to Camilla at time when Judge Pete
Stroller was holding court. He and another
man were smoking as they talked at the court
house door; and the probability Is that their
cigars were not of the best, for his honor caught
an unpleasant Whit of tobacco smoke and or
dered the smokers into court. Gentry heard
The other man still pulled away and the Sheriff
brought him up before the judge, who lectured
him sharply and fined him 81.
mr.. Sheriff, - said his honor, that other man
in the door was smoking, too; bring him into
court. "
Gentry was brought in, and the court asked
him what he was doing there, anyway.
May it please the court, said Gentry, with
great dignity, II am here representing an insti
tuition which has great and beneficent intlu-
ence upon the lives and characters of large
number of people throughout this section 1t
not only diSseIninates the truth on great many
questions, but performs the office of a moral
educator Of the people Not only this, but it
very largely increases the prosperity of this
section, in that it furnishes informa
ton upon which those who sell cot
ton, naval stores, and other important
commodities may safely act in marketing their
products. This Institution is a powerful auxil
good order and dignity of the State and the ma
jesty of the law. l refer to the SAVANNAH
MORNING NEWS, which now represent, both in
the daily and weekly editions, The daily is $40
pleased to take your honor's subscription to
either edition. and"
''Mr Sheriff, take this man out of court; he's
crazy roared the Judge.
Gentry retreated in good order and established
himself in the court yard, where he did big
business in subscriptions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
A Logical Child.

From the Boston Transcript.
Do not give children false and figurative ex-
| plantations of things because it may be dan
gerous.
Here is q story which may serve to convey the
same moral:
A little girl. years old, asked her father one
day:
Papa where does the rain come from?"
1T IS the tears of the angels crying when
Edith las been naughty" said be.
Edith pondered over this explanation. One
night, later on, after Edith had been making a
very stormy time on going TO bed, and had been
told that she was very naughty. she was missed
from her bed. Her mother, frightened at her
absence made a rapid search. and found that a
bureau drawer had been opened and everything
il it thrown out, but no Edith was To be found
Just at this moment the doorbe was rung VIC
lcntly, aud when IL was opened q neighbor
rushed IN. eXclaiming:
$40 "on know that your little girl is out on
the rooff'
Tue mother ran breathlcss up 10 the attic.
where stairway led up 10 a scuttle and then
ont upon the sloping roof Of the house. And
there Edith sat, perched upon the edge of the
,cuttle with a lot Of Observation-Disclosures
spread about her.
"Ay child!" her mother shouted, catching her
in her arms. What ara you doing hereY"
why, mamma, brought up some hank
chiefs for the angels TO wipe their eyes with
ca1Se is SO naughty. 50 il wouldn't rain aw
fullyw
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
Gen. aillmore,e Recommendation.


Gen. Gilmore in his annual report makes
a recommendation with respect TO the ap-
preparation for the Savannah harbor which
ought to DO adopted by Congress. It is that
the whole amount estimated to be necessary
to complete the improvement, be made
available in one appropriation. The wisdom
Of this accommodation is apparent to all
who have any knowledge Of the delays and
losses which are inseparably connected with
the policy which Congress has heretofore
pursued in making river and harbor APP
preparations.
In its anxiety to make the river and
harbor bill as small as possible with the
view Of impressing the country with the
idea that it is extremely economical, Con-
gress appropriates only about one-third of the
amount that, according to the estimates Of
the engineers in charge of public works,
can be probably expended during the
next fiscal year The result, 50 far as the
Savannah harbor is concerned, has been
that the appropriation for one year has
been expended long before that for the fol-
lowing year has become available, and con-
sequently work on the improvement has
been abandoned for several months each
year. Within the last few years Congress
has twice failed 10 pass river and harbor
bill. and as a consequence of these failures
work on the Savannah harbor has been
suspended for very considerable periods.
Whenever work is suspended the incom-
plete improvements suffer damage, and it
costs great deal to put them in the condi-
ton they were when work on them was
stopped. Besides this additional expense
the river shoals and commerce is very seri-
ously INSTRUCTED. 1t is evident, therefore,
that it is to the interest of the government,
as well as Of the section of country concern
ed in the improvement of the
Savannah harbor, that the whole amount
necessary to complete the improvement
should be appropriated in one lump sum.
The money will be used only as it is needed,
but it will be possible to push the improve
ment forward rapidly and continuously
until it is completed. By adopting Gen.
Gillmore's recommendation Savannah will
have her harbor improved years sooner than
it will otherwise be and the government
will save many thousands of dollars
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETrSGs-Pulash Council No 1873 R, A;
Landum Lodge No 4s, Z. and 4. N; Board OF
ofiiccrs First Volunteer Regiment OF Georgia.
SPECIAL NorIcEs-Notice to Water Takers;
Melons, J. 5. Collins Co.
GRAND SUNDAY ExcURsroN-Steamer Pope
Catlin.
AMusEMENrs-Grand Benefit for the knights
of Pythiss by the Fords.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTTsEMENTs-Help want
ed; For Rent; For Sale; miscellaneous.
THE TIaEs COOK SrovE-Cornwell & Chapman.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULES Ocean Steamship Co
Baltimore Steamship Co
AUCTION sALEs-Upright Piano, Etc, by !. d.
LaRoche's Sons; Furniture, Etc, by j. Nc
Iaughlin g. Son; Crawford Ward Property, A
Very Comfortable Home, by d. r. Kennedy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
The Florida Railroad Commission.

The Governor of Florida delayed appoint
| ing the Railroad Commissioners until the
last moment. The Commissioners were ap-
pointed the day the commission law went
into effect. The appointments were made
soon enough, however, for all practical pur-
poses.
The Governor appears to have sought for
capable Commissioners, and time alone can
determine whether he was wholly successful
They are all mon of ability and integrity, but
because they have those qualities it doesn't
follow that they will administer the rail
road commission law wisely Judge Nc
Whorter has the confidence of the people of
the State in an eminent degree. A little
more than a month ago he resigned the office
of Chief Justice, n position which he filled
with ability and great acceptability. He
has fortune and doubtless accepts the APP
pointmcnt of railroad commissioner moro
because he is anxious to be of service to the
State than for any other reason.
Judge Vann is held in high esteem by the
bar of the State and as Judge he has dis
played qualities which mark HIM as q man
of strong character and fine attachments
Mr.. Hines is q farmer, and is known as a
practical man with good head for affairs
and plenty sound, common sense. He has
had some experience as legislator.
These three men will have some trouble
some questions to settle, doubtless, while they
are getting the law into working shape, but if
they keep steadily in Wow the fact that
the interests of the whole people are not nat
urally hostile to those Of the railroads, and,
also, that the aim should be to promote the
welfare of the whole State rather than any
particular part of it, they will be able TO
administer the law with very little friction.
The popular wish is that unjust discrimina-
ton shall be checked and that railroad
building shall be promoted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
Soldier, Maiden and Flower.
From the Chicaao Mems.

FROM TIE Chtcdgo NeDS.
Sweetheart, take this" q soldier said,
'And bid me brave good-by;
It may befall we ne'er shall wed,
But love can never die.
"Be steadfast in thy troth to me,
And then whate'er my lot,
My soul to God. my heart to thee
Sweetheart, forget noe not"
The maiden took the tiny flower
And fed it with her tears;
Lo he who left her in that hour
Came not in after years.
Upon the field ademon rode
Mid shower of flame and shot,
While 10 the maidens heart abode
The flower forget-me-not.
And when he came not with the rest
From out those years of blood,
Closely unto her widowed breast
She pressed the withered bud.
Oh, there is love and there is pain,
And there is peace, God wot;
And these dear three do live again
In sweet forget-me-not,
'Tis to his unmarked grave to-day
That should love to go;
Whether he wore the blue or gray,
What need that we should know?
"Hc loved a woman, let us say,
And on that hallowed spot,
woman's love that lives for aye
Well strew forget'me.not.
EUGENE FIELD.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
The Rooster was Drunk.
Ftom fhc lfontrenI Witnese.


One morning recently Mrs Peter Boudreau
of Sauluierville went TO the harm as usual and
got a mess OF oats, which she gave TO her fowls
Later in the forenoon she noticed very strange
actions among them and that the rooster was
stretched on che ground, apparently dead. Mrs
Doudreau, to make the best OF it, plucked him
clean, with the exception Of few tail aud wing
feathers, and consigned him 10 the manure
heap, feeling convinced that he had been
poisoned Toward noon TO the great surprise
OF the whole family, lac was up again. stnitting
costly and NECESSARY apparel. but our good
lady, bang equal to the emergency, took him
ia tho house and fitted him with hne suit of
overolls, and OF last accounts he was doing ns
well as could be expected under the DISTRESSING
circumstances. Mrs. Boudreau. determined 10
lind out the cause of This strange phenomenon,
went 20 her oat barrel and found Chat bottle
OF liquor had been placed I'm the barrel and the
liquor had leaked out IN the grain, which ex-
planned the whole mystery The rooster was
drunk
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
A CEuD'S TEARS.
What the Mother Of Dying Child Saw
in the Mirror of Life.

What the Mother Of a Dying Child Saw
in the Mirror Of Life.
From, the Detroit Free Press.
Once when a child was i'll unto death its
mother kneelcd and prayed 10 heaven that its
life might be spared AS she prayed and wept
an angel softly took its place beside her and
whispered: Heaven has sent me in answer to
your prayer Here is the mirror of life; watch
well and tell me what you see.
And then as the mother wiped away her tears
and held the mirror before her the angel asked:
what IS the piCture?
1T is that Of a fair-faced boy of 10"
Are there tears in his eyes:'
There are no tears
Then the angels Of heaven are weeping for
him Look again and tell me what you see. y
This time it is a youth of Is. 1t is the same
boy as before, but older grown, and the face is
not so gentle "
Are there tears in bis eyes!"
There are no tears
Then there is sadness among the angels in
Heaven. When human eyes are dry OF tears the
heart is full of evil "
Then the mother looked again, and when the
angel asked what she saw she answered: One
just coming TO mans estate 1t is the same
face as before. but it is in the darkness, and
see lines of evil
Look closer and tell me If you see tears.
There are no tears
Then there is grief in Heaven, and heart
aches on earth He who never weeps has gone
see"
This time it is a man in convict's garb, and
his evil look appals the heart"
Are there no tears in his eyeS?'
There are no tears"
Then the angels of heaven weep Without
tears there can be no repentance. charge you
to look once more
This time it is one lying dead in the darkness
no watchers-no one to weep-nothing but the
gloom Of night around him..
And are there tears upon the face of the
dead!"
There are no tears"
Then, alas! il is another soul consigned to
everlasting darkness, Turn the glass and look
for the last time. What do you behold?"
"a child-my child-upon its bed of sickness.
OH Angel of Mercy pray thee to spare its
sweet Young life"
Are there tears?"
Aye! there are tears!'
Then shall kiss them away, and the angel
Of heaven will rejoice as | bear the innocent
spirit within the golden gates"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05

Referring to Mr. John II. Inman's pur-
chase Of 10000 shares Of Central railroad
stock the New York Times says that lie
thus becomes director in over 10000 miles
of Southern railroad, and that no other
man has any such record. at is difilcult to
realize continues the Times, THAT this
man, who has poured millions of money into
the New South, came out of the war with
but tattered Confederate uniform for his
sole possession in the whole world His ca
recr has much that is wonderful in it.
Every dollar that no owns, and he is mil
lionaire many times over, he has made him
self since the war time, when he come to
New York for a clerkship. New York has
adopted no son that has brought her more
honor" This is high praise, but it is not
undeserved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
Aboiishing Poverty.
From the Boston Herald Und1

It would be amusing, were there not pain
ful side TO it, to hear men talk about abolishing
poverty by shifting the bearing of one of our
IiShtest burdens. At the outside, what the
workingman pays in taxes direct and indirect,
IS not fifth of his expenses. and large part
Of II comes in the rent Of HIS dwellings,, which
would cost more were all the taSes laid on land.
OF course, the men who talk this nonsense about
the abolition of poverty by device so inade-
1uate are either fools or knaves, Generally, We
presume, they aim at abollshing their own pow
erty by talk rather than work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
The Morning News for the Summer

The Morning News for the Summer.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can have the MORNING NEWS forwarded by
the earliest fast mails to any address at the
rate of Csc. week. 81 for month or 81 81
for three months, cash invariably in ad
vance. The address may be changed as
often as desired In directing a change care
should be taken to mention the old as well
as the new address.
Those who desire TO have their home paper
promptly delivered n them while away
should leave their subscriptions at the BUsI-
NESS OFFICE. Special attention will be given
tomake this summer service satisfactory and
to forward papers by the most direct and
quickest routes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05

George c. Meade Post, No /, of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, has made q discov-
cry which it ought to bring TO the atten-
ton of Fairchild, futile, ct al At pri-
vato meeting in Philadelphia, the other
night, the Post considered a proposition to
invite President Cleveland TO an open camp
bration of the adoption of the constitution.
The proposition was rejected, upon the
ground that the invitation might be con-
strued into political movement, 'and the
Grand Army of the Republic was not a
political organization" Fairchild. Tuttle,
ct al, have different view of the Grand
Army of the Republic from that entertain
cd by Post No. 1.